18 Photos Which Show Life From A Different Perspective

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The following selection of photographs gives an unusual perspective of well-known things, places or phenomena. Take a look!

Shanhaiguan District, where the Great Wall of China begins right on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It’s known as ’Old Dragon’s Head’.

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The inside of one of Google’s data centres.

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A lava lake in the caldera of the Erta Ale volcano, Ethiopia.

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An x-ray of someone’s spine before and after they had treatment for scoliosis.

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The most detailed image of Mercury ever taken.

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Bagger 288, the largest excavator in the world.

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A cross section of an underwater communication cable.

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The Bavarian town of Nördlingen, built inside the crater made by a meteorite which fell to Earth around 14 million years ago.

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Two kilogrammes of fat looks compared to two kilogrammes of muscle.

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Daytona Beach, Florida, 1957.

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A watch belonging to Akito Kawagoe. It stopped at 8:15 — the exact time when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.

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The eggs of an octopus.

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A full circle rainbow, photographed from a plane.

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A true colour image of Mars, taken by the Curiosity rover.

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People ascending Mt. Everest, May 2013.

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A huge dust storm, Western Australia, 2013.

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A mountain of used tyres (bird’s-eye view).

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The Aurora Borealis, or northern lights, seen from space.

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